Local college and universities are celebrating winter commencement this month. Here is the story of two graduates of Our Lady of the Lake University. The profiles were written by Ken Rodriguez, communications manager at OLLU. Melissa L. Gallegos began her quest for a college degree in the fall of 1984. She completed that quest on […]
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Struggling schools rarely make significant turnarounds. That’s according to a new report that examined more than 2,000 low-performing schools and found just 25 that made dramatic improvement within five years.
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As four of the original DREAM Act hunger strikers enter their 31st day without solid food, U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez. D-Texas, is urging them to stop. (At right, striker Yasmina Codina was arrested Nov. 29 for refusing to leave the local offices of U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. )Here the congressman’s note to activists: Dear […]
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Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, has released another damning report on the for-profit education industry, this time criticizing the outsized flow of GI Bill dollars to for-profit schools. “While some for-profit colleges offer flexible education and training programs, many are expensive to attend, plagued by manipulative and deceptive recruiting practices, and have exceptionally high dropout rates,” […]
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With the U.S. Senate inching closer to a vote on the DREAM Act, the fight over the proposed immigration reform measure is heating up, and in some cases, getting pretty ugly. As anyone who reads the comments on MySA.com knows, immigration triggers more anger and vitriol from readers than any other topic we cover. Check […]
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It looks like civil disobedience over the DREAM Act is spreading. Activist Diego Ibanez, a Utah Valley University student and U.S. citizen Utah, was arrested Tuesday after refusing to leave the office of U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch in Salt Lake City, Utah. According to the Brown Berets blog, Ibanez decided to stay at the office […]
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This weekend, the Express-News published a story I wrote about the debate team at the University of Texas at San Antonio, which is going to head to head with heavyweights such as Harvard and Dartmouth to nab the national championship this year. So far, they are smokin’, hitting a No. 1 ranking after a tournament […]
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